Red Tomato Farm & Inn

About

Enjoy your stay in our renovated farmhouse or book our farm for your special event. We are staffed by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities who work daily in our Inn and with our events.

Story

WELCOME
We encourage our guests to disconnect and unwind while staying at our Inn. Once you check-in you’ll find that we make it very easy to relax. With no distractions such as televisions or internet access you’ll be able to truly enjoy the natural beauty of the smells, sounds, sights of rural farm life. Hear our rooster crow and watch them nest in trees at dusk. Watch the goats and sheep play in pastures. Collect free-range eggs. Cut flowers or stroll out to barn. See the occasional horse and buggy trot by. Live rather than text. Enjoy your stay in our renovated farmhouse that was initially a log cabin built in the 1800’s. It is perfectly nestled in between pastures and trees and is a short walk to our gardens and a beautiful bank barn.

EVENTS
Red Tomato Farm & Inn is available to help you celebrate all of life's special events. Celebrating a birthday? We can help make the day exceptional. Having a girl's outing? Have a picnic in one of our gardens. Searching for a location to celebrate the most important day, your wedding day? Book your special day at Red Tomato Farm. Need a place for a business retreat? We can provide a peaceful place to help your team generate great ideas.

OUR STAFF

The staff that you will find cleaning the Inn, making up your room and setting out coffee and other treats are learning how to be inn-keepers. The staff that you will find setting up and working at events at our farm are learning how to be event planners. This is an active farm with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities that work daily with our livestock, agriculture, and the Inn. They take great pride in making your stay and event as wonderful as possible. By staying at the Inn or booking an event, our guests increase the opportunity for our staff to make interesting acquaintances, learn about new places, become more proficient at hospitality, housekeeping, and event planning and share their enthusiasm and knowledge about Red Tomato Farm & Inn.

YOUR STAY AT THE INN

Three sleeping rooms, each aptly named for different tomato varieties, are available.

Once you check-in, you may enjoy our beautiful Inn garden while relaxing in the front porch chairs. Gardens planted by our program participants are especially plentiful in the warmer months. Two pastures around the Inn provides a place to play for our goats, sheep and ducks. Our free-range chickens and rooster as well as our goats sometimes find shelter within our bank barn. On hot days, guests can enjoy a soak in our outdoor pool. Come evening, step outside for the firefly show and listen to the crickets. After a comfortable night’s rest, enjoy a breakfast prepared by our participants. Guests are welcome to play with our resident cat, feed the animals, gather eggs and cuddle with our rabbits. Take a stroll down the driveway. Enjoy a picnic just outside of the Inn by our summer kitchen. Guests that are ideal for the Inn include: Those that are in town to enjoy an event at Dickinson College, families that would like to expose children or grandchildren to rural life at a small hobby farm, those with a special interest in farms, gardens and small livestock or those who are looking for the ultimate opportunity to relax and disconnect for a while.

SPECIAL NOTES FOR YOUR STAY AT THE INN

Unfortunately, due to the age and interior architecture, the inn is not handicap accessible.
We do not offer a wi-fi connection.
Check-in is any time after 2 pm, check-out is by 11 am.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR STAY

This is a rare opportunity to stay at an operational farm, run by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Once you discover our hidden gem in Cumberland County we know you will love it. We enjoy the peaceful tranquility found on our farm and look forward to sharing it with you!